ἐπιείκεια

epieikeia

reasonableness

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 6
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Book IV 1
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1121b24
Book V 3
Chapter 10 1137a31–1138a3

1137a31
1137a32
1138a2
Book IX 1
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21

1167a19
Book X 1
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29

1175b24
Rhetoric 4
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Book I 3
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35

1356a11

Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1373a18

Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1376a28
Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1399b3
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1
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Chapter 4 977b21–979a11

977b34
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38

1309b6
Topics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 3 140a23–141a22

141a16
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 8 1251b26–37

1251b33

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιείκεια, ἡ, A. reasonableness, ἔχει τινὰ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἐπιείκειαν Hp. Fract. 31. 2. equity, opp. strict law, Arist. Top. 141a16, etc.; κατʼ ἐπιείκειαν, opp. κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, Isoc. 18.34; ἄκαμπτον εἰς ἐ. Plu. Cat.Mi. 4. 3. of persons, reasonableness, fairness, Th. 3.40, 48, 5.86, Pl. Lg. 735a, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης Plu. Per. 39, cf.2 Ep.Cor. 10.1; also, goodness, virtuousness, Lys. 16.11, D. 21.207, Arist. EN 1175b24: pl., joined with χάριτες, Isoc. 4.63, cf. 15.149. II. personified, Clemency, Plu. Caes. 57.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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